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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 6-10, 2016

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Note: this is my first report in the Standard Time season, so conversion instruxions have changed:

All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT` during EST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-05 UT period to the previous date by ELT].

Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75 with E-W longwire

These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: 
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page52

These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order 

** OKLAHOMA. UT Monday Nov 7 at 0145:15 UT, my computer and video screens in front of me start shaking for a few seconds; earthquake! Soon revealed as centred slightly west of Cushing, USGS rating 5.0 at 0144:24 UT; so it took almost a minute to reach here? Some reports near the epicenter said it lasted up to a sesquiminute, and there was a lot of damage especially to old buildings in Cushing. OKC TV stations rushed in to cover it; KWTV and KFOR were both running late, due to stupid ballgame overruns on their networks, their full newscasts not starting until 0450 UT and 0500 UT respectively. This allowed KOCO and KOKH to get the jump on them from 0400 UT, even 0300 UT, respectively. As usual, too little too late, the oil-controlled Republican Okie government may ban a few more fracking/injexion wells around areas already devastated by quakes.

1600, Nov 7 at 1317 UT I start listening to Cushing`s only radio station, KUSH (not even an FM translator there, per WTFDA DB), during the usual W&W morning chat show, where of course this is the topic of the day; but skywave QRM from Vietnamese KRVA The Metroplex is still heavy making a slow SAH of 28/minute = 0.47 Hz. Anyhow, KUSH survived the shakeup. Here`s KUSH website for its own latest news, streaming:
http://1600kush.com/wp/
It`s OK here on groundwave after skywave fades out (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1600, Nov 7 circa 2000 UT on caradio, KUSH Cushing with network news and talk shows, nothing local about the quake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 860, Nov 7 at 1325 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS concluding ``Full Moon Polka`` part of daily Polka Time segment combined with birthday wishes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1540, Nov 7 at 1315 UT, ESPN-Deportes promos, i.e. KZMP University Park (Metroplex) TX, 32 kW day power since 1300 UT (December: 1330 UT) but losing out to KXEL. Altho in Spanish, the abbr. ESPN is always pronounced in English to avoid sexual embarrassment. They`re stuck with the brand, altho its original meaning has long been surpassed in both languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However:

1540, KZMP, University Park, TX was Spanish sports, now Mexican, slogan "La Ranchera 106.7" IRCA DX Monitor (via Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) 

UNdated info, so is that correct? If so, what was the ESPN-D station I was hearing on 1540? No others are listed in the 2016-2017 NRC AM Log as of August (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1220, Nov 8 at 0121 UT, unusual to hear Spanish here, looping E-W, or slightly clockwise from that. Spirited dialog in colloquial Spanish I can hardly comprehend, but one guy is very excited and yelling as if covering a game, mentions ``canasta``, so maybe it`s basketball. Bearing rules out Mexico, but does refer to ``RepÃblica Mexicana`` so maybe originating there. By nulling this I can also hear a real Mexican on 1220, XEB from the south, since it`s a second ahead of // fellow IMER outlet 1570 XERF. UnID has been dominant for a while, but losing out to CCI by 0130 UT. 

Now searching for US SS stations on 1220 in NRC AM Log 2016-2017: Unless there has been a recent format flip from something else, WAYE Birmingham AL, 1000/73 U1 looks like best bet, ``La Jefa``. There are others in CA, FL, IL, NC (2), all of which are too far, off-azimuth, or wrong format such as religious. At least perpetual cheater WSLM in Indiana is not being heard now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn: Little 250w KTMZ in Pomona does indeed have a HispaniSports format (ESPN Deportes), but I would never bet on it being them, as their signal rarely even makes it to L.A or San Bernardino. Just sayin'... -(GREG HARDISON, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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